A Little Bit About Us ...

Our Mission: Learn to Discover is a nonprofit 501c(3) charitable organization. In short, our mission is to make learning about science, technology, engineering, math, design & art fun --- for all ages from preschool through high school and beyond.

We serve the following counties: Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara (and a few others). We are available to teach in after-school programs, in our teaching facilities, in your home, or anyplace that can be arranged. Homeschoolers are particularly welcome!

We prefer and encourage small class sizes, from 4 to 8, or even individualized if you like.

We teach meaningful, relevant, engaging & enjoyable classes that feel more like entertainment than learning.

We offer a wide variety of courses, including the following:

• Robotics, including LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT, and many other robotics platforms
• Simple Machines and Mechanisms
• Electronics
• Computer Programming
• Animation (2D, 3D and Clay); Sample software includes Adobe® Flash® & Autodesk® Maya® --- used for high-end animated film production, such as Toy Story from Disney•Pixar®!
• Theme Park Design
• Video Production
• Web Design and Construction
• 3D Design
• Video and Board Game Design
• Digital Art and Photography
• Career Simulations
• Google™ Literature Trips
• Computer Literacy (Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, etc.)
• And, we are continually adding courses!

In Addition, if You've Ever Wanted to Know... 

• What's inside your computer?
• How to backup your files?
• How to write CD's?
• How to maintain and troubleshoot your computer?
  
  
• How the Internet really works?
• How a webpage "travels" to your computer?
• If there are search engines besides Google™ and Yahoo!®?
• If there are specialized search engines, e.g., ones built just for kids?
• What the "Hidden Web" is and how to get to it?
  
  
• What you should look for when you buy a digital camera?
• How to get your digital pictures into your computer?
• How to organize your digital pictures so you can find them later?
• How to get rid of that red-eye --- easily?
• How to transfer your record albums to CD, and is that legal?
  
  
• And on and on ...

then you owe it to yourself to check out our Course Offerings or give us a call at (831) 662-9700!

We hope you will be as excited about signing up for our courses as we are about teaching them. And thanks again for visiting us!

Don't know where to start? Just contact us and we'll make sure you get started on the right foot!

Please Join Us:

One of the goals of Learn to Discover is to keep costs of classes as low as possible. For this reason, we are actively seeking funding from individuals, businesses, corporations, public & private foundations, and various grant sources.

We need your help. If you or anyone you know could donate to our cause, you will receive full tax-deductibility, and can be proud that you have made it possible to purchase additional materials to extend our outreach and to help make it possible for anyone to attend our classes, regardless of their financial situation.

Thank you so much for your consideration, and consider clicking on the Donate button below today!

If you prefer to speak with us directly about donating time or funds, please call us at 1-831-662-9700. We are in the Pacific Time Zone, and would love to hear from you.

Thanks for visiting!